Towel holder



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. TOWEL-HOLDER. APPLICATION men MAY 5, 1921.

Patented Oct 10, 1922* Patented Oct. 10, 1922.

FLOYD J. mnrrr, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

rowan HOLDER.

Application filed m y 5, 1921. Serial no. 467,183. a

To all 20710773735 may concern:

Be it known that, I, FnonrJ/Tsrrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Towel Holders, of

which the following is a-spec-ification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. 5 i

This invention relates to towel holders and has for an object to provide a holder for individual towels whereby the towels are inposition for convenient use and are prop erly stored both before and after usein separate receptacles.

A further object of the invention is, to provide a structure" adapted to be located in the washroom or elsewhere as convenience may make, necessary, having improved means forholding a plurality of individual towels in position to be withdrawn one ata time, and to be used while still retained upon the device and after-use to be dropped into 'a receptacle without at any time being re-- moved from the structure whereby theft and displacement of towels is prevented.

I, With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises certain novel units, parts, elements, combinations, arrangements and functions as will be hereinafter more fullyfdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspectlveview of the device installed in a conventional wash room.

Figure 2 is aview in side elevation showing the manner of attaching the holding rod and keeper to a bar or backing.

Figure 3 is a view in rear elevation showing the looking or attaching means.

Figure 1 is a section-a1 view showing the.

means of attaching the rod to the ultimate receptacle.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. It is well known that in public wash rooms and other places it is considered desirable to furnish individual towels for the individual users. It has been found, however, that the individual towels, which are of small size, are easily carried away, misplaced or otherwise lost and that the cost of upkeep because thereof is considerable. The present invention comprises a rod 10 which is secured to an upright 11 which may be abar or the wall manner asby the clip 17.

as found; desirable. The size and proportion of the rod 10 and its 10(33131011211'6 such as to make it convenient to use a COWQLSQVGIH-LOIE which areindicated at 12, while'still retained upon th e rod, by means of loops or rings 13. A receptacle 14 is provided atthe lower end of therod and to which the rod is secured n any approved manner as by the nut 15 into which the towels drop bytheir own weight when released. To retain the towels in position to be employed and to, permit the withdrawal of a single towel at atime, a keeper is employed comprising arms, 16 secured to the upright 11 in any approved I T rms ,6 ar turned upwardlyfas indicated at 18, forming a constricted passageway between the upturned members at 319. For the purpose of. providing a surface wide. enough to prop- 1 5" ppo h tow ls :thear whic ar preferably composed of wire are bent outwardly as at- 20 so that the adjacent members will properly support the bunch of towels indicated at 12 at the rear of said keeper.

. As it is necessary to replace and displace, replacement facilities are provided in a sliding keeper 21, having a keyhole slot 22 pro portioned to fit over a head 23 on the extremity of the rod 10. A staple 24: is secured at the rear of the upright 10 proportioned to be inserted through a slot in said keeper 21 and, when found necessary, to receive a padlock 25. At the lower end the rod 10 as has heretofore been mentioned is secured to the receptacle 14 in any approved manner as by the nut 15. To replace towels upon the rod, therefore, the upper end is liberated by manipulating the keeper 21, permitting towels to be strung upon the rod 10 in any number found desirable or necessary to occupy the position shown at Figure 1.. After the towels have been used one by one and dropped into the receptacle, they may be removedfor laundering by liberating the nut 15 and lifting the rod 10 out of the accumulated towels within the receptacle whereupon such accumulation of towels may be removed. It is also obvious that it will be unnecessary to remove the rod 10 from the receptacle 14 as it will be possible, if the receptacle 14 is movable, to insert the entire structure when the top of the rod 10 has been released and s ide thes le towels downwardly along the thus inverted rod to be discharged at the then lower end which is normally the upper end.

It will be perfectly apparent that in the use of the towels the foremost of the bunch of towels shown at 12 will be manually withdrawn through the constricted slot. 10, the members 16 and 18 yielding for the purpose of permitting the withdrawal of a towel but preventing the passage of more than the towel t'o'which forceisapplied. The towel '1. A towel holder comprising a rod'having-a substantially horizontal portion with an outwardly extending bent portion communicating therewith, meansto connect the horizontal'p'ortion with a body, a frame comprising arod secured at its middle beneath the horiz'ontalportion and bent outwardlyto form three'sicles of a rectangle and upwardly to conyergencejforming at such convergence a constricted op'enmg, the

members of 'which are-then bent I outwardly and downwardly to form a frame at therear of which a pluralityof towels are main tained suspended from thehorizontal portion of the rod and betweenfwhich said-tow els may be withdrawn by the yielding of the parts, and a receptacle at the lower end of the rod for receiving the towels sliding thereon. a

2. A towel holder comprising a receptacle, anelevated support, a rod extending and inclined continuously downward from the support into the receptacle and embodying an intermediate approximately horizontal portion, a frame comprising arod secured at its middle to the support beneath the horizontal portion and bent outwardly to formthree sides' of a rectangle and upwardly to convergencalorming at such conyergence' a constricted opening, the members of which are then bent outwardly and downwardly to form a frame at'the rear of whicha plurality of towels are maintained suspended from the approximately"horizontalportion of the rod and between which said towels may be withdrawn by the yield- 7 m of the parts and deposited inthereceptestimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses; 

